marmusculum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From marmor, marmur + -culum (diminutive suffix), irregularly formed by the influence of diminutives from s-stem nouns such as corpusculum from corpus (genitive corporis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /marˈmus.ku.lum/, [märˈmʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /marˈmus.ku.lum/, [märˈmuskulum]
Noun
[edit]marmusculum n (genitive marmusculī); second declension
- A small object made from marble
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | marmusculum | marmuscula |
| genitive | marmusculī | marmusculōrum |
| dative | marmusculō | marmusculīs |
| accusative | marmusculum | marmuscula |
| ablative | marmusculō | marmusculīs |
| vocative | marmusculum | marmuscula |
References
[edit]- “marmusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- marmusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.